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Fnnjncrs n. scorer, 0F BUFFALO, NEW renin-1g Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 119,444, dated ugust 15, 1665.

A `To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L FRANCIS B. Soorcn'of Buifalo, intheV county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new Method of` Ornamenting Show-Cardsyand I do hereby I .declare thatI the following isa. full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and rto the letters of hand without a much-greater amount of labor.-

Figure I represents a letter oruamented and shaded according to' my improved method.

y Fig. II represents the ground-work of same,-or

that part thereof which is printed on the card; and Fig. III represents the gildingon the glass, which, when combined with Fig. Il,fo'rms the perfect letter, Fig. I.

` In order to accomplish this in the easiest manner, I take one of the cards to be .ornal mented, and from each letter printed on `the card I cnt out those parts which I wish to` represent by the gilding on the glass, as 'shown at-A in the accompanying drawings. I then vbring the back of the card and the glass in contact, laying the card down and the glass over it, so that every part of the card cutout is seen through the glass, and over every part where the card is cut away I gild on the glass, the parts cut away merely serving as a guide. By laying down the card face downward the F letters are iliade reversed in the gilding, so as to be right lwhen 4set in the frame `when iinislied.

The gilding is done inthe usual manner,and the parts to be retained are gone over with varnish and the rest cleaned away.

By causing a strong light to shine from behind the card'through the parts cut 'awayr eugh light will shine through the gold to gudethe point of the sable pencil in running the varnish over the parts to be retained.

t After the -varnish is hard the gilding to be cleaned away is carefully wiped off with a damp silk handkerchief or fine sponge, in theusual l,

manner of'cleaning gilding on glass, the glass is ready to be set in the-frame, the gilding 'on the inner surface andone oftheprinted `cards set in with the glass, the printed 'side next to the gilding, and in ,such a manner that-.the

add a finish to the gilding which could notbe put on the glass in the usual manner. by hand with ten times the labor, thus combining the cheapness of card-printing withthe beauties of gilding on glass, and with little additional expense, aeprintedeards-needframe an-diglaes,

and when the pattern is snppliedthe gilding could be put on by the cheap labor ot' girls,

who need notbe experienced and skillful sign-n 'y painters,asis now necessary in ornamentalgilding` on glass. y

In a. large `job several cards could be cut, by which more can work; on the jobat'the same. time. An ingenious person can cnt out many ornamental devices which wouldheighten the effect of the work on the card.-

Instead of cutting the parts out, they might be perforated with aI needle; but they would notbe so distinct. Of course, the cardlcut as a pattern will serve as a guide for the gilding vgilding is brought before each letter, anda-t the same time the letters or colors on the card of each successive glass fornny number of cards. t

A further use can be made of my invention if by placing a glass before a map. The map,I could be -produced by chromotype printing in the usual manner, and the glass' could have gilded on its inner surface one or more lines orl railroad for the purpose of an advertisement.: The line could be accompanied with or withoutl names for stations, numbers for distances,"&c.`,

Cards ornamented as specified do not need such elaborate wo'rk in giving effect to the let' ters, that being gained by the eect of the gild-` in g, thus making a diii'erence even in the cost of the cards.

Silvering on the glass is equivalent to gilding. l

I do not claim the card orthe gilding sepa-` rate, or when gold letters are on one part f 'ers orshades on the bard, substantially as specithe glass and a card on the other; but ied v What I claim as my invention7 and desire 2. The exhibition of railroads or other routes to secure by Letters Riten@ isby the salme method, as speeiiied. y

1. The combination of' a primarios-painted FRANCIS'B. SCOTT( ca-r'cl'with gilding'on glass in suchmanner' Witnessem thatv the parts of the letters 'or their shading' W. H; FORBUSH. A i not; on. the glass shall be supplied by the 301-l U. S. PRiNGE.f 

